Chapter on the Time When Eating and Drinking Become Forbidden for the Fasting Person and the Morning Prayer Becomes Permissible
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 2|Chapter 18
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 2, Chapter 18
Chapter on the Time When Eating and Drinking Become Forbidden for the Fasting Person and the Morning Prayer Becomes Permissible
وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ آمُرُ اَلْجَارِيَةَ لِتَنْظُرَ إِلَى اَلْفَجْرِ فَتَقُولُ لَمْ يَطْلُعْ بَعْدُ فَآكُلُ ثُمَّ أَنْظُرُ فَأَجِدُهُ قَدْ كَانَ طَلَعَ حِينَ نَظَرَتْ قَالَ «اِقْضِهِ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ اَلَّذِي نَظَرْتَ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ.
Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Mu'awiyah ibn Ammar, who said: "I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: 'I instruct a servant girl to check for the dawn, and she tells me that it has not risen yet, so I eat. Then I check and find that it had actually risen when she looked.' Imam عليه السلام said: 'Make up that day. However, if you had been the one to check and it happened, there would be nothing upon you.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 98